Jazz....Generation to Generation....

My mom and I had spent many hours of our trip to New Orleans standing/sitting around listening to local musicians play amazing music. We happened to be there during the French Quarter Jazz Festival which was a real treat. One of the things that I learned while on a "Katrina" tour in the 9th Ward and Jefferson Parish was that the musicians have their own community where many of them live. They re-built the neighborhood after Katrina so that the musicians would have a place to live and would not move out of New Orleans. This city thrives on its music! Anyway....they explained to us that there is an outdoor amphitheater in the neighborhood so that the older musicians have a place to meet up with the younger children so they can teach them how to play instruments and pass on the music from generation to generation. Pretty cool! I couldn't help but think of this when I witnessed this little boy watching the locals play their instruments in Jackson Square one afternoon. He was sooooooo intrigued. I love how he held his football as he watched....maybe he'll trade it for a trombone one day.